Invalidity · first instance · 2021-08-05
000114926
Contested design: 008247332-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder’s costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 008247332-0001 is rejected. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Antonio Puig, S.Avia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Plaza Europa, 46-48, 08902, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Zou Chunliang
China (CN)
BLDG21 2T-502, Yunshan County, Congyun Road, Baiyun District, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (4)
male torso-shaped bottle
DM/035072 No 4 · WIPO · disclosed 1996-02-29
male torso-shaped bottle
942417-001 · French INPI · disclosed 1997-05-02
male torso-shaped bottle
942417-002 · French INPI · disclosed 1997-05-02
French three-dimensional mark for a male torso-shaped bottle
95 587 225 · French INPI · disclosed 1995-10-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant alleged lack of individual character over three earlier torso-shaped designs and invoked an earlier French 3D trade mark under Article 25(1)(e).
- ›Holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division found the earlier mark and contested design visually dissimilar overall, with only limited conceptual overlap, so no likelihood of confusion was established.
- ›The Division also found the contested design produced a different overall impression from the closest prior design, so it retained individual character and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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